Salena Godden and Rob Biddulph
Words and pictures on today's A Good Read: writer Salena Godden and author-illustrator Rob Biddulph chat to Harriett Gilbert about books they love.
Writer Salena Godden chooses Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys, a book she's re-read many times and returns to now – older, wiser and with even greater empathy for its protagonist.
Author-illustrator Rob Biddulph recommends When the Sky Falls by Phil Earle, named Children’s Fiction Book of the Year at the 2022 British Book Awards, which brought him to tears and conjures London in the Blitz so vividly.
Presenter Harriett Gilbert picks Mend the Living by Maylis de Kerangal, translated by Jessica Moore, the story of a heart transplanted from one life to another.
Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Sarah Goodman.
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